Grain-shocker.



' H. G. KIDDE'R.

GRAIN SHUGKER.

APPLIOATIOR FILED DBO. 27,1909.

www@ my 4, 1911,

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

@l Hoang beams STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY G. 'KIDDEIL OF HCiLDR-EGE, NEBRASKA.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led December 27, 1909.

Patented July 4, 1911.

Serial No. 535,071.

To all whom it may conce-rn.'

Be it known that 1', Hain-zr G. Kronen, a

citizen of the United States, residingr at.

Holdrege, in the county of Phelps and State of Nebraska, have invented certain new and 'useful improvements in Grsin-Shockers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in grain shockers.

The object of my invention is to provide an improved mechanism for forming shocks from sheaves asthey are discharged from the binder and place same in an upright position on the ground.

iinotl'ier object is to provide a novelv nation and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter morev fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, it being understood. that changes in the speciiic structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims withont departing from the spirit of the invention.

ln the drawings forming a pai-tof this specification, and in. which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several view s, Figure 1 is a plan view of my machine, Fie'. 2 aA side elevation partly in n ot my machine, Fig. 3 1s a rear olevatiz Fig. 4 is a. section along the line .11%1 of Fig. 1 looking forward. Fig. 5 is a detail vicvv'oi' the arm extending mechanism.

' Fig. is an enlarged detail view ot' the trip arm mechanism. Fig.-7 is a view of the trip arm mechanism, taken at right angles to ng toward the right in said figure.

erringfto the drawings 1 represents suitable :traine work for supporting my shocking mechanism, provided with cross 1 is arched at the forward end and corner farthest removed from the binder as at l `wheels 14 vand 15.

2,*and uprights 3. The frame work for the reception of the supporting Wheel 5 which is connected to the frame work by means of swivel bearings -6. On the opposite side from the Wheel 5 are attached hinged brackets 7 which join the shockery with the binder. Said binder constituting no part of my invention, is not shown.

vCentrally positioned in my shockingv mechanism and extending from front to back of same is the trough 8, composed of a bottom 9, preferably of steel, and @sides 10. The bottom 9 is inclined at the forwardend as at 11. Extending inwardly from the sides 1 of the frame and toward the sides 10 of the trough are the brackets 12, and from the sides 10 toward the sides 1 extend the brackets 16. |Ihe brackets 12, 16 are formed with vertical openings to receive the shafts 13, the openings in the inner! ends of the brackets 12 registering with those in the brackets `16. Mounted on the shafts `13ers the sprocket Mounted midway between `the brackets 16 on the sides 10, are the journal brackets 17 in which are j ournaled the shafts 18a on whichI are mounted the sprocket Wheels 18. The

sets of sprocket wheels are in stepped rela* i tion to one another as shown in Fig. 2. At

the rear end of the trough and on both sides.

thereof, are the upright shafts 19, which are revolubly mounted in the journal brackets 20, attached to the sides ofthe trough 8.

Keyed to the shafts 19, at different levels,`

are the sprocket wheels 21, `22 and 23, over "whlclrrespectively pass the sprocke' chains 24, 25 and 26, said sprocket chains passing over the sprocket Wheels 15, 18 `and 14, .re-

speetively.

.Attached to the sprocket-chains,Veijuidissu tant from one vanother are fingers 27, which are curved backward in respect to the direction ot' trai'cl of the chains.y These fin` gers are so mounted on the different chains that those onthcy separate chains will always be vertically disposed in relation to one another. 'lhe sides 10 of the trough 8 are slotted as at 28, for thepurpose of allowing the lingers 27 to project into vthe. trough.

The shafts 19 have keyed to their lower ends the bevel gear pinions 29 which mesh with the bevel gear pinions 30, keyed to the shait 31. which is revolubly mounted n'rbcarings 32 fastened on the under side of the tramework. Keyed to the shaft 31 is the geared pinion 33, which meshes with the gear wheel l39 which carries at its upper end a curved arm 40. A pin 41extending upward from the Iside of the trough limits the forward movement of the arm 40. Around the shaft 39 ismounted a coil spring 42 one end of which 4is fastened to one of the bearings 38,

' the other t said shaft resiliently holding the arm'40 against the pin 41. l

In jthe rear of the framework arefbeams 43,"the ends of which are journaled as at 45, the bearings 45 being supported by the vertical shafts 19. .The op osite ends of the beams hold the vertical s afts 47, 'the other ends of whichI are fastened iIi the lower framework of the machine. are extended vertically and are rovided 4at their upper extremities with a race beam 46. ARevolubly mounted on the shafts 47 l' near the top of the sides 10 are the wheels 48,*which have fastened thereon the curved arms 49. One wheel 48 is placed a' little higher than the other to allow the arms 49 to overla The wheels 48 are provided on theirun er sides with the ratchet rings 50. llevdlnbly mounted on the shafts 47, a little below the.l wheels 48, are other wheels 51- which carry'the curved arms 52. The wheels and arms, 48 and.49, are preferably smaller than the wheels and arms 51 and 52,respec tively. Coil springs 53 the ends of which are fastened to the wheels 48, the other ends tothe wheels 51, are mounted on the shafts- 47.- i On the upper side of the wheels 51 are y the sockets 55 m which are revolubl mounted th'e vspring held pawls 54 whic enga e the teeth of the ratchet ring 50 on the whee s 48.. 'Mounted on thev under sides of the beams 43 are the L-sha ed arms 56 the horizontal ortions ofvw ich pass between the two pairs of wheels and are so placed Ythatfthey may im inge against the paw] 54,

Onithe under. si e of each wheel 51 is" a,}lugl 57.' Mounted' on each lug is a pin 58 on 1which is revolubly mounted the arm 59 which .is pivotally fastened to one arm of a bell crank 60 pivoted on theshaft 47 as at 61. The other end of said bell crank 60 is pivotally attached to thepitman (32, which is m turn pivotallyV attached to the inner end of the `shock platform. 63.

' The 'shock platform 63l is keyed to the sliaftl64, which is revolubly mounted in hearings 65 'on therear lower framework.

The shafts 47 The shaft 64 extends toward the binder'and is supported thereon by a bracket 66. A lever 67 .is fastened thereto and is provided with a handle -or pedal as desired for operation by the workmen'- onthe binder. A spring 68 is disposed between the rear upright framework and the outer part ofthe shock platform for the purpose of assisting in `raising said platform. A lug 69 is' placed on the inner rear framework for engaging the innerend of the shock platform andl ar-:A

.resting its upward movement,y operation of the, machine. is;@affoll-y Sieaves 'are discharged. fromw the' The. lows: binder directly 4over the trough, theirheads pointing tothe rear. The headsl strike the arm 40 and thebutt. ends fall into the trough striking the inclined plane y11 and.; being engaged by thefingelfr- 27 on the chainsi2f'5,. 25 and 24, 1n. successioniI .The" chainsffare all traveling in 'the .di'reetion-fflindicated.by the arrows, they; arrangement pullingfithe:

sheaves in upright position `-onrtheir buttf ends and passing them to"thefrea r ofthe" machine. lhe arm 40 'is resiliently held so thatwhen the' lshea'vesl:press" against it in their, backward movementit "isadapted to.

give way and allow lthe vsheaves" tof-pass, reassumin its ositionprojecting atri ht anglee to t e's es of. the trougln fi The s eaves are then passed to the 4 rea`r'o f.` the lmachine and outon the 'shocltfforming platform, the

fingers 27 releasing the sheiiVes-,their curved en s ent.'v As faeilitatin l a disenga p the sheaves on t 1e platfornijincrease inl nnrnber the arms 49 are forcedr outwardly there#4 1 by and give way against theforce of the spring 5.3, the pa'wlv` 54 engagingsuccessivef` ratchet teeth `ofthe ring .50: gradually is passed into the lon r armsf. When'it is desired to dumpt e shock the lever 67 maybe depressed by themachine' he shock thus( operator thus vrotating the shaft'l64, which tilts the shock platform'downward, The,

innerendof the shock platform 63 raises the rod 62, whichk oscillates the bell crank 60; This .presses rearwardly. the rod 59 thus revolvin the-lwheel 51A-,in the direction im' `dicatefl y.the'.arr0w,-` 0n the shaft'47 land as the' pawl' 54is yengaged with theratchet ring 50, this vwill also revolve the wheel 48 thus moving the Yarms 52 and 49 away from each other.,` Thearm 56 is so placed that.

when the platform is at its lowest level, and

consequently-thefarms 49 and 52 at their greatest spread, itwill strike the pawl 54 releasing the wheel 48' from en agement with the wheel 51 andthe force of t 1e spring 53 will brin the arms 49 artly together, the raising o the-platform )y releasing the lever 67, completing the closing,r of the arms. The forward movement of the binder will pass the shock to the ground at the same.

time the arms 49 come together over it. The platform will then be raised by the ac- Veyen chains, AChenin being disposed adjacent' the 1eta1n1ng.

ftion if ehe springs upon releaseof the leYei 67, "thus bringing h'eeinis 52 back ne lheiroifiginal posiion.

What. is claimed is: f

L lne, grain shocking machine, the Combi'iinien with@ resiliently held retaining erm, loczi'ed near the forwed .end of the machine, Gf a, plurality 0fserieslo'f convthe forward endsof seid' 'of eaeliseriesbeing horizntal and parallel,

' the ferward ends being ul'ranged in stepped `:relation in each other, etrough between said `chains, tliebol'toni of sald. trough being in'- @lined uiwmdly and ierii'zirdly its ferward-ene. j 3. In :i grain shocking mechanism, the

eembinetion with e'niovehle plntfofrn of'e pair of arms disposed there'overjand a seeond paiF-ef 'zinns resiliently connected with the rsl mentioned arms by mens 'ef a coil spring, a ratchet ring, and Aspring held pjawl engaging thereW'fh, e series of levers conheating said arms with said platform, Yand' adapted to open Saidarms When seid plat'- forin is tipped. i

4. In a gi'ain shocking mechanism, the

pair offarnisdisposed thereover and e seeL 0nd pair of arme resiliently conneted Withv the first mentioned' arms by means efe coll spring, e ratchet ring, and spring -held pawl engaging therewith, a series of llevers Conneetingseid 'ins with said platfoljm, and ndnptedlo open4 seid arms 4 when said platform-istipped, means to lengage saidp21-Wl 'combination with a. movable pla-tfo'rmof 'a for release of one pair of armsprim to raising ofseid platform.

Initestiinnny Whereoi" I aix my signature in preseneexof W'tnesses- 4 Y f Henny-G. KIDDER.

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